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Twelve Easy Songs for Guitar Beginners

There are many songs for guitar that are very easy to play, even for beginners. Sure, you’ll have to learn a few guitar chords and how to strum, but once you learn them, you can easily play thousands of songs.

Almost all recording artists have songbooks and sheet music available that are made “easy on the guitar.” You can also find tabs or “tabs” online simply by searching for the guitar charts or song name. You may want to choose a songbook from your favorite artist to help you learn his songs.

Here are twelve easy-to-play songs for guitar beginners who have learned some basic guitar chords. To play these, you will need to know the seven basic major chords. ABCDEF, Y GRAM. In the case of B Y F major, which are generally barre chords, I suggest using the power chords B5 Y F5, even for minor chords.

These will be much easier to play for beginners. Barre chords are not necessarily more difficult to play, but they do require some finger strength that the beginning guitarist may not have yet.

The chords listed are in the order they are played. In other words, I have shown the chord progression for each song.

Two chords

• Paperback Writer – The Beatles; use the major chords of G and C
• Nameless horse – America; use the chords Em (E minor) and D2
• Whole Lotta Love – Led Zeppelin; use the major chords of D and E

Three chords

• Bad Moon Rising – Creedance Clearwater Revival; use major chords D, A and G
• All the little things – Blink 182; use major chords C, G and F (use F5)
• All Along The Watchtower – Jimi Hendrix; uses the chords Bm (B minor), A and G in an Eb (E flat) tuning (tuning all the strings a half step towards E flat)
• Never Let You go – Third Eye Blind; use chords E, B and A major
• Talk dirty to me – Poison; use the major chords G, D and C
• You shook me all night – AC / DC; use the major chords of G, C and D

Four chords

• When We Die – Bowling For Soup; use the chords D, A, Bm (B minor) and G
• Perfect World – Simple plan; use the chords Bm (B minor), G, D and A using the E flat (Eb tuning)
• It’s my life – Bon Jovi; use the chords Bm (B minor), G, D and A

Find a recording of each song you want to learn and listen to the chord changes. Play the chords that I have listed here so you can match the chords in the song. Once you can hear the chord changes, you can figure out how to play the strum pattern.

It will take some practice, but soon you will have a dozen easy guitar songs to play with friends and family.